Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Awamutu
564 new homes were consented in the Waipa District council area in the year to September 2026, up 13% on the year before. They also consented $77.7m of non-residential building work, down 35% on the year before. Below: 854 consents we hold in Te Awamutu, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waipa District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waipa District, the last five years.
Since 1991: houses and everything else
New homes consented each year, houses against townhouses, flats, units, apartments and retirement village units. The most in one year was 913 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waipa District, the last five years.
What is being built
Non-residential building work consented in the year to September 2026, by type: the value of new and altered work, new floor area, and what new floor area cost to build per square metre.
- Warehouses and storage$23.7m
9 buildings · 12,358 m² new floor area · $1,892/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$13.3m
6 buildings · 5,869 m² new floor area · $1,896/m² new · −33% on the year before
- Farm buildings$9.9m
64 buildings · 18,003 m² new floor area · $527/m² new · +1% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$9.8m
2 buildings · 1,225 m² new floor area · $6,731/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$8m
7 buildings · 2,719 m² new floor area · $2,815/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Offices$7.7m
2 buildings · 936 m² new floor area · $2,762/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.6m
2 buildings · 1,066 m² new floor area · $1,440/m² new · −52% on the year before
- Education$1.8m
−57% on the year before
Consents on record in Te Awamutu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 854 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 2026. Councils publish their records unevenly, so these are what we have, not every consent issued — for the full count, see the official figures above.
What the work is
Consents in the last five years by the kind of work their description names.
- Alterations and additions132
22 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Fires and heating106
21 in the last 12 months · typically $6,200
- New homes91
12 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- Garages, sheds and carports66
8 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Pools and spas36
6 in the last 12 months · typically $59k
- Relocated buildings18
5 in the last 12 months · typically $88k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater14
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts10
typically $65k
- Commercial alterations9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.8m251027 - lot 5 - construct a new 4 bdrm home 8 Belle Amie Drive, Te Awamutu
- $1.6m260533 - lot 14 - construct a four-bdrm home with an open plan family & dining area with internal access to a dbl gge 27 Headlands Drive, Te Awamutu
- $900k260609 - lot 1 - two-storey main res three-bdrm dwg with attached single-level two-bdrm secondary dwg. Brick veneer & innova stratum wall cladding. 451 Greenhill Drive, Te Awamutu
- $750k251056 - lot 1 - new separate gge shed to house car collection. 228 Leger Grove, Te Awamutu
- $677k260594 - lot 4 - construction of a 3 bdrm, 1 bathrm, dbl living home with a dbl gge 4/119 Leger Grove, Te Awamutu
854 consents
- New homes$350k
260518 - lot 1 - single storey timber framed res dwg comprising firth sed foundation, 2 beds, 1 bath & attached gge
- New homes$160k
260563 - lot 4 - new timber framed res dwg, timber foundation, 1 bedrooms, 1 bathrm. Open plan kitchen & living. Mono pitch roof, colorsteel dridex roof cladding. Vertical abodo weatherboaed & vertical 5 rib iron wall cladding. Alumin
- New homes$677k
260594 - lot 4 - construction of a 3 bdrm, 1 bathrm, dbl living home with a dbl gge
- Relocated buildings$100k
260607 - lot 6 - relocation of dwg onto (proposed) lot 2, 95 lyon St, Kihikihi
- New homes$900k
260609 - lot 1 - two-storey main res three-bdrm dwg with attached single-level two-bdrm secondary dwg. Brick veneer & innova stratum wall cladding.
- Fires and heating$7,000
260638 - lot 1 - installation of a clean air solid fuel woodfire
- Fires and heating$9,000
260640 - lot 1 - replacement woodfire metrofires xtreme rad fire, flue & wetback
- Relocated buildings$80k
260661 - lot 1 - place a 3 bdrm, one bathrm, relocatable dwg onto the site
- Fires and heating$6,500
260668 - install wagener sparky multifuel burner with woodbox base onto ash floor protector
- Fit-outs$15k
Internal fitout of existing shed with mezzanine storage.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Installation of solid fuel woodfire
- Alterations and additions$60k
260470 - alt to existing dwg, removing internal walls to create a larger laundry. Infill of the existing rear porch to utilise this space in the kitchen. Add of an ensuite to master bed. Encroaching on an existing bdrm
- New homes$1.6m
260533 - lot 14 - construct a four-bdrm home with an open plan family & dining area with internal access to a dbl gge
- Fires and heating$9,900
260559 - lot 1 - install woodsman serene with woodbox base onto smokn joe ash floor protector
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
260570 - lot 22 - construct new 7.2m wide x 10.2m deep gge with attached storage room
- Alterations and additions$268k
260576 - lot 149 - siting consent works for an off site built & consented 97m2 dwg. This consent is for the foundations, pile to bearer connections & site services & connections only
- Fires and heating$10k
260577 - install woodsman Tasman mk11 onto masport ash floor protector
- Pools and spas$66k
260585 - installation of pool & permanent pool fencing - grandeur 11- 49,000l
- Fires and heating$11k
Installation of inbuilt woodfire
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install a f/s woodsman serene sfh
- Alterations and additions$120k
260362 - lot 1 - alt to the existing kitchen & living area. Relocate the existing kitchen with a new walk in pantry added. Extending the living room width & adding a new covered outdoor living. New scissor trusses to replace the existing livi
- Garages, sheds and carports$29k
260389 - lot 1 - erect a new 7.2m x 4.2m single gge
- Alterations and additions$480k
260424 - lot 7 - new extension to existing dwg. Adding extra 3rd bdrm for main house.New attached 1-bdrm, 1-bathrm, open plan kitchen, dining & living with attached carport & storage cupboards secondary dwg with internal access i
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
260458 - lot 5 - relocation of existing 3 bdrm house & dbl gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
260462 - to build a 9.2m x 6.2m (57.04m2) mono pitch timber pole shed, importance level 1, 3.8-4.M high to house a boat
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Suburbs in Te Awamutu
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Awamutu?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 564 new homes consented in the Waipa District council area, with $321m of residential and $77.7m of non-residential building work.
What is a building consent?
Written approval from a council (a building consent authority) that planned building work complies with the Building Code. Most new buildings, additions, structural alterations, fires and plumbing and drainage work need one; some minor work is exempt under Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004.
Where do these figures come from?
The official counts are Stats NZ’s monthly Building consents issued release (CC BY 4.0), covering every consent every council issues. The individual consents listed are ones we hold from councils’ records and other public sources; they are not a complete list for every council.